Living (semi) out of home

Princess Polly

In the past week I’ve only spent two nights sleeping in my own bed, its been a refreshing experience helped me get my mind around things at home and solidify my goals for the future, and just given me a break from worrying about jobs and money related things.

It started by me house-sitting for my sister for weekend, well more Polly the cat sitting. She’s more the hide out and stalk you kitty rather than the lets sit on the couch and cuddle, so looking after her can be very entertaining, including her stealing my hair tie of the coffee table and me chasing her all over the house to retrieve it. I love kittens neither of our cats were ever super playful, so its nice spending time with the bundle of energy.

Lilies from the market

Watching TV and discovering new blogs

This weekend also included a visit to the local monthly market, which I love but generally miss because I’m either working or travelling around somewhere, I got some lovely flowers and a super cute new bracelet.

The Market on the waterfront

Then after arriving at work on Monday and finding out that I had no shifts until Friday, I decided after working for my mum for most of Tuesday that I would take the time to visit the boy because I’m now working all weekend so our time together would have been zero. I had such a lovely time hanging out with him and his family for 2 days it’s a lot of what I’ve been missing lately, with all the work he does with his two jobs added on to the fact that he lives 2 hours our time together is pretty precious.

Port Arlington

So I spend yesterday cruising around in his work truck for the day, which was lovely because while it may be a less than glamorous job, the area that he does in it is quite beautiful to drive through.

We also went out for dinner to a lovely newly open brewery restaurant that had amazing tapas and pizzas to go along side the boutique beer (for him) and cider (for me). It was great because it wasn’t busy so we sat around chatting with the chef and owner while enjoying some great food and drinks.

But now back to work tomorrow, what have you been up to?

Currently...

Obsessing Over... The Hunger Games, I've seen it once and I'm really dying to see it again, but its school holidays, the teens and tweens are scaring me away from the cinemas, but maybe I'll take my best friend on Saturday night.

Working On... making more money, I've start working with my parents again, which is great because I get to work from home and it help substitute the hours that I'm not getting at my real job, where I'm only getting part timeish hours at the moment, and I'm still looking for another part time job to make everything a little easier, and less stressful.

Thinking About ... redecorating my room, I moved into my own room at my parents in November, I've been working on making it my own space since then. I've painted, re-carpeted, and now I'm working on adding all the extra things that make it mine. All I need now is chairs, well a chair and hopefully a chaise lounge or daybed, but I'm saving up for them so it may be a while.


Anticipating ... my trip to Bali in November, its still a while away but I can't wait. I've in 4 different countries over the last 9 years but the only time I've been to Asia was through the airports and after my trip to Fiji last year I've really excited to get away again.

Listening to...

This song is great, The Treble is a band from Winnipeg and one of the members is the cousin of one of my good friends from Canada, and the video clip is pretty awesome to raise money and awareness for the red cross.

Eating... well you mean beside easter eggs and hot cross buns? Lots of seafood and stir-frys at the moment, I made delicious sweet chilli prawn fettucini and it was a big hit.
                              
Wishing ... that I could invent teleportation because I've been really missing my canadian life over the past couple of weeks but then I love being home and being able to drive around and see my family and the growing brood of kiddies. But a Canadian adventure is definitely due in 2013 I believe or at least that will be my aim.

Birthday Party Time

It was a Superhero Themed 25th Birthday Party, and I had so much fun!

Work...

Some days I love my job, some days I would rather shoot myself in the foot than go to work, its one of those things that I know everyone goes through, but today was  one of those day where I look at some of my customers and think gee I hope I'm like that when I'm their age.

Our cafe is in a changing country town that is becoming more urbanized but still a lot of our customers are delightful older country people lovely old gentlemen and ladies. The kind that when you look at them you think I hope when I'm their age that I'm just a much in love with my husband as they are and that my husband treats me the way these women are treated. I look at the grandmothers with their grandbabies and I know that that's what my mum would be like, also I'm pretty sure that in an ideal world she would have them by now but thats not the way things have worked out.

But these are the days that I love my job and when I finish work for the day and come home tired stinking of coffee these are the things that I remember that make me smile

a to z of charlie

Happy Birthday Drinks to Me

A. Age: 25 (as of this past weekend)
B. Bed size: double
C. Chore that you hate: cleaning up after others
D. Dogs: a very adorable sooky golden retriever and currently dog sitting my sister kelpie
E. Essential start to your day: COFFEE
F. Favorite color: blue
G. Gold or Silver:  silver
H. Height: 5"5 and a half 
I. Instruments you play: does the triangle count? 
J. Job title: barista
K. Kids: not yet
L. Live: tooradin, victoria, australia
M. Mother’s name: ellen
N. Nicknames: charlie, charles, kaz but never kazza that will get a grumpy look everytime
O. Overnight hospital stays:  for grommits when I was little and when I broke my little finger when I was 17
P. Pet peeves: liars, people who are fake, messy customers
Q. Quote from a movie: "just keep swimming" FInding Nemo
R. Right or left handed: righty
S. Siblings: two very different older sisters
U. Underwear: a combination of victoria's secret, intimo and cotton on
V. Vegetable you hate: olives
W. What makes you run late:  taking my time, forgetting to let the dogs out till the last minute
X. X-Rays you’ve had: teeth, both arms, my face, neck and head after getting head butted by a horse
Y. Yummy food that you make: chicken parma, steak, pasta, fried rice, chocolate raspberry muffins, brownies
Z. Zoo animal: orangatans

Moving On.....

Does moving on always feel so forced? I'm trying so hard to move on from things in my life my ex (who yes I may always be in love with), my old jobs (dear canada stop being so damn welcoming ok) and just trying to figure out what the hell I want to be when I grow up.

I used to think I knew that I had some kind of idea, but now, yet again as I'm searching for a new job after struggling to make ends meet for the past 3 months at my current job, which I'm loving less now that my favourite people are leaving and the owners stress about his financial situation is starting to affect my daily life at work and the fact that mentally I cannot cope with only 18 hours a week, I was working 60 hours a week in canada and 45 at the racing stables, I cannot cope working two day a week it is not in my dna.

An my ex, I have guys chasing me, guy making in very clear that they want me and I'm trying so hard to want them back, can this be a case of fake it till you make it? I dunno I guess I'll find out

This Day, This week, This Month, This Life....

After making great efforts to move forward in my life, great new job with people I adore, making hilarious new friends and having great adventures, joining a gym and actually going more than one a week since I joined. I still feel lonely I miss my best friend who broke my trust and the boy that broke my heart, who I have deleted in some ways from my life at least 4 times in the past 4 months since we broke up but can't seem to leave. I want to be over him, I want to have fun with the people in my life that want to be there full time, that when I want to talk to them will always be there which I know he will be too but I kind of need him not to be. He makes it harder to move on because he wants to keep me in his life but he doesn't know what he wants from me and its confusing as hell, because he's dating someone else and all he talks to me about is how unhappy he is, its not my fault and the only person who can fix it is him. People are frustrating.